FTSE 100 falls as UK growth slows

The London market suffered its biggest one day fall in a month after official figures showed a sharp slowdown in UK economic growth at the start of the year.

The figures, which come nine days before the general election, mean that after experiencing the strongest growth among the G7 leading advanced economies last year, the UK may begin 2015 at a more sluggish pace even than the beleaguered eurozone.